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This is titled Susan’s birthday cake not because she gave me the recipe, but because it  she is my mom!!!  She grew up with my grandma Helen a great cook and from a generation that made almost everything by scratch.  My mom’s birthday was in April and when several years ago I asked her what …

This particular recipe was literally sent to me to make.  It came from All Recipes and when my dear friend Lisa had her birthday party she tagged it and sent it to me to make, and I’m so glad she did!  These bars are so easy and soooo fabulous!  Trust me easy and tasty you …

These are one of my all time favorite desserts to eat, and so to find the perfect recipe was essential while working in the bakery.  We pooled all our recipe’s and tested them, the winner by far was a recipe I had from Ina Garten.  It is available on foodnetwork.com!  I made just a few …

Well this has been the summer for non traditional weddings.  As you saw from my last post I did the tiramisu wedding and this wedding was just as fun and challenging!  The reception was in an amazing event barn very close to my house, and the weather was 100 degrees outside, and no AC ! …

I have been a busy bee this summer!  Between family vacations, work, kids camps and activities, I baked for not one but two weddings!  What makes these weddings so fun is that they involved both family (wedding 1), and dear friends (wedding 2 ), but both gave me the opportunity to bake something original and …

This is a celebration post. I’m marking a milestone of 500 likes on my fb page, and over 2000 hits on my site!  To mark this occasion I am doing my very first giveaway.  This is no ordinary food giveaway, we are talking jewelry!!! And not just any jewelry, but Lu!!  What is Lu, you …

This is become my new very favorite pie!  We were at a party for some friends at a great farm near where we live and I spotted three trees filled with little bright red cherries!  I could hardly contain myself as I asked if those were tart cherries and they answered yes I had to …

Anything no bake, with peanut butter and chocolate is going to get my attention! Add to that a gorgeous photo on pinterest and I am hooked.  This is a recipe I pinned from sixsisitersstuff.com , I made it as directed and they came out perfect! I am printing out the recipe and plan on making …

I spent the afternoon yesterday baking a birthday cake for a friend’s husband.  As I was frosting and decorating it I realized how much I had learned from 2 years as a baker.  Things I did without thinking today I would have never even attempted 2 years ago.  So I decided to take pictures and …

Well you know a recipe is great, when you adapt it into over three different posts! This is the third version of the easiest dessert bars ever.  Only 5 ingredients, and 1 hour and your done!  This week my son had a band pot luck dinner and I thought these bars would be perfect.  Went …